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In boxing, the next generation often takes center stage before the main event. On Saturday night, two rising stars will share the spotlight in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They are Marc Castro, a name already familiar to many, and Stephanie Pineiro, a local fighter quietly…

WATERFORD – The Kilkenny junior welterweight Brandon McCarthy, who fights out of Los Angeles, won a 60-54 decision over Argentinian southpaw Sebastian Chavez at the SETU Arena. After an untidy opener, McCarthy started to find some gaps in the second and he enjoyed a spell…

Galal Yafai is “frustrated” at not receiving the credit he believes he deserves for retiring Sunny Edwards. The 31 year old won every minute of every round against his flyweight rival until the referee intervened to rescue Edwards in the sixth. That Edwards…

In this week’s mailbag, coach Stephen “Breadman” Edwards talks about big-time women’s boxing, the Shakur Stevenson-Floyd Schofield fight on February 22, the breakdown in talks between Jaron “Boots” Ennis and Vergil Ortiz and what it means for Ennis and what would “Bread’ have done if…

WATERFORD – “It’s going to be an absolute war,” said Michael Conlan, ahead of the all-Irish battle on Saturday night between the veteran Tyrone McKenna and Dylan Moran. The fight is on ProBox TV – via YouTube and the app – and Conlan Boxing are…

The saying “You're only as good as your last performance” rings true, especially for boxing.  For Richardson Hitchins (18-0, 7 KOs), the inconvenient truth is that he was fortunate to edge Gustavo Lemos in a decision victory in April. Lemos has already returned, however,…

WATERFORD – The Liverpool welterweight contender Robbie Davies is hoping a phone call might come, with firm offers to face either Josh Taylor or Harlem Eubank. Davies, 35, last boxed in Belfast, when climbing off the deck to defeat Javier Fortuna over 10 rounds and set…

WATERFORD – The Californian junior-welterweight contender Jonathan Navarro was brought up on a steady diet of great fighters. He watched the likes of Erik Morales, Manny Pacquiao, Marco Antonio Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez battling one another, and was inspired by their legendary…

This isn’t really about Vinny Pazienza, but in a way it has to be. Because it is Pazienza’s selection into the International Boxing Hall of Fame that has once again underscored the long-standing issues with who votes and how, with how the voting itself is…